street cry
noun
(often plural) the cry of a street hawker
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How to use street cry in a sentence
There is, too, a pleasant touch of individuality in the musical street cry that wakes the morn.
Royal Edinburgh | Margaret OliphantSuddenly he pitched his voice at the prolonged rasping shout with which he made his street cry.
McTeague | Frank NorrisThe latter is frequently heard as a shout or street cry after a man or boy.
The Slang Dictionary | John Camden HottenSo my wife says she has heard them call: some old street cry, no doubt, of which we have so few now remaining.
Letters of Edward FitzGerald | Edward FitzGerald
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